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/ 12 December 2005
An enormous cheer rises into the Bagram sky. In a pink bikini top, miniskirt and red Father Christmas hat, the voluptuous Lilian Garcia has appeared to give thousands of GIs an early Christmas present: the superstars of American wrestling here, in the Afghan desert. Close to 5Â 000 soldiers are packed around a wrestling ring rigged up on the tarmac of the biggest United States base.
US forces have captured a man who is believed to be a top financier for Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network or the Taliban during an operation in southeastern Afghanistan, the military said.